Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 14:27:10 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: physical security (was Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... ) Message-ID: <199901042227.OAA00894@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Jan 1999 17:26:21 EST." <4.1.19990104172528.00adaaa0@genesis.ispace.com>
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> At 01:36 PM 1/4/99 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > >Which, the last one? It's been done in .au several times; the one where > >I first heard about it they took a machine that'd just been loaded for a > >long weekend (about AUD$800,000). They hadn't planned properly for > >getting it open though; the dynamited remains were found a few weeks > >later, with all of the cash destroyed. > > > >I believe that in at least several other cases, the machine was > >successfully opened and looted; there's also a legendary story about a > >couple of thieves with one of the indoor-style machines being stopped > >and defected for "saggy suspension" in their ute. The officer didn't > >notice the ATM, or at least didn't recognise it. > > Very intriguing.. You'd think more people would do that in the lush > countryside hole of Maine, USA. As it goes, I can't say I've heard of > something like that happening :-) Financial institutions tend to be fairly, er, reticent when it comes to talking about this sort of thing, for obvious reasons. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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